Yorkton This Week

Sarah Slywka of Yorkton was part of the women's curling team that won the finals of the SaskPower Scotties Tournament of Hearts Jan. 25-29 in Humboldt. Now she and her team are heading to the Scotties nationals set for this weekend in Red Deer.

It's been 20 years since Canada's East Coast cod fishery collapsed, and we still have no recovery target or timeline for rebuilding populations.

Donna Rose Pelletier - April 25, 1957 - February 11, 2012. It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of Donna Rose Pelletier (nee Whitehawk) at age 54 on February 11, 2012.

Saskatchewan's building permit increases led Canada in 2011 with a 25 per cent increase over 2010, according to Statistics Canada. Saskatchewan's growth outpaced the 1.7 per cent national rise. Building permits totalled $2.

The Brayden Ottenbreit Memorial Book Fund, generously supported and annually funded by the Kinsmen Club of Yorkton, is currently accepting applications for the provision of books or other items to any school, group or organization in need of material

The Yorkton Regional High School boys' curling team is off to bigger and better things-again. The senior curling tournament of Saskatchewan High School Athletic Association (SHSAA) was held over the weekend at the local curling club.

Dear Editor: I received a communication from a Registered Nurse friend of mine this week and she stated that, "someone actually printed out the salaries of hospital emloyees and took it to coffee row...

The Board of Directors of Yorkton Co-operative Association Limited is pleased to announce that a new food store will be built in Kamsack, Saskatchewan. Construction is scheduled to begin June 1, 2012.

Sacred Heart and Esterhazy were both competing over the weekend at the Saskatchewan High School Athletics Association (SHSAA) senior curling championships. Both teams qualified for the regional playdowns in Raymore.

The City of Yorkton has rezoned lands surrounding the Tourism/Chamber of Commerce building east of Highway 9 South and north of Highway 16 East for commercial development.